Putin to Oversee Nuclear Drills on Saturday During Standoff Over Ukraine

Putin to oversee nuclear drills on Saturday during standoff over Ukraine

The Russian military on Friday declared enormous drills of its essential powers, a distinct token of the country's atomic could in the midst of Western feelings of trepidation that Moscow may be planning to attack Ukraine.

The Defense Ministry said Russian President Vladimir Putin will by and by direct Saturday's activity, which will include different practice dispatches of intercontinental long range rockets and voyage rockets.

The service said it arranged the moves some time back to really look at the availability of Russia's tactical order and faculty, as well as the dependability of its atomic and customary weapons.

The conflict games follow U.S. President Joe Biden's admonition on Thursday that Russia could attack Ukraine in practically no time.

Western feelings of dread spotlight on an expected 150,000 Russian soldiers including around 60% of Russia's general ground powers concentrated close to Ukraine's boundaries. The Kremlin demands it has no designs to attack.

Yet, Moscow has requested that the U.S. furthermore its partners keep Ukraine and other ex-Soviet countries out of NATO, not convey weapons in Ukraine and pull back NATO powers from Eastern Europe.